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227253

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date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Patents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to reform statute pertaining to patent.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 10 June 2014 the Government launched a Technical Review and Call for Evidence on the Secondary Legislation Implementing the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and EU Regulations Establishing the Unitary Patent. On 1 October 2014 the Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014 and changes to patent law in the Intellectual Property Act 2014, and consequential amendments to the Patents Rules 2007, came into force. The details of these changes are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/1-october-2014-changes-to-design-and-patent-law" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/1-october-2014-changes-to-design-and-patent-law</a>. On 26 February 2015 the Government issued its response to the Law Commission’s report on the law relating to the making of groundless threats to bring proceedings for infringement of patents, trade marks and design rights.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:46:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227255

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to clarify intellectual property regulations.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office as an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills leads on intellectual property issues. The Intellectual Property Office offers a comprehensive range of guidance, self help tools and educational seminars which bring clarity to existing regulations for businesses and consumers in the UK and overseas. Full details are available on gov.uk. Where the Intellectual Property Office receives feedback or evidence that regulations require clarification, it will consider this and set out an appropriate plan for action. We have no immediate plan for new regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/03/2015 12:57:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227100

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress the Government has made on increasing competition among internet service providers.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a highly competitive and open market for Internet Service Providers. There are dozens of companies providing services either using their own network or making use of wholesale products provided by BT. BT’s wholesale access products are open to all Internet Service Providers, meaning that consumers have a range of retail Internet Service Providers to buy broadband services from.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:21:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227101

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to implement EU regulations on net neutrality.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Negotiations are continuing on an EU Regulation on net neutrality, as part of the Connected Continent package. Should a common position be agreed between the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, and the Regulation adopted, the Regulation will be directly applicable in UK law.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 17:34:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227104

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of (a) the value of and (b) the number of jobs provided by the cyber-security industry in the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics for the cyber security sector have been available since 2013. They indicate that in 2013 (the latest figures currently available) the UK cyber security sector was worth over £6 billion and employed around 40,000 people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the continued development of the cyber security sector, which is why we established the Cyber Growth Partnership as the primary vehicle for joint industry–Government initiatives to grow a vibrant sector, both domestically and in overseas markets.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:08:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227105

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has regular discussions with BBC management on the sources from which the BBC receives external financing.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	227383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State has had no regular discussions of this kind. The BBC is operationally independent of Government and it is a duty of the BBC Trust to exercise rigorous stewardship of public money and keep the BBC’s financial needs under review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:08:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

227106

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on promoting or advertising (a) fibre optic and (b) satellite broadband to the public in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has run a national awareness campaign to promote superfast broadband in the financial year 2014-15 only. The campaign ran from December 2014 to March 2015 and did not differentiate between fibre optic and satellite. A total cost of £8 million has been set aside for this campaign to include the media buying costs (e.g. the airtime for TV/press adverts) as well as production costs for adverts (TV/radio/digital/out of home), social media activity and a toolkit of materials for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the Government’s Business is GREAT campaign we have spent £1.667<strong> </strong>million<strong> </strong>on advertising aimed at small businesses to encourage them to take up a grant for superfast broadband connection for their businesses with a supplier of their choice. This campaign ran September - December 2014 and comprised media buying costs (out of home posters, local press advertisements and radio airtime) and production costs (e.g. photography, fees, printing).</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:06:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

225134

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on switching of mobile phone contracts by consumers from a losing provider-led process to a gaining provider-led process.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	226349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets regularly with Ofcom to discuss a variety of issues.</p><p>We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015.</p><p>In July-September 2014, Ofcom collected inputs on consumers’ experience of switching providers of pay-TV, mobile services and bundled services; and considered possible impacts on competition. The regulator will publish a document in the first half of 2015 setting out its findings and how it intends to take things forward, including for the switching of mobile service providers. I hope that, in line with our statement in the CCC paper, this will result in GPL switching being mandated across the board.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 16:08:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

225140

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225611, on broadband: urban area, how much funding from the SuperConnected Cities budget has been assigned to each city; and how much has been spent (a) in total, (b) on broadband connection vouchers, (c) on free WiFi in public buildings, (d) on advertising and (e) on other items to date in (i) the programme as a whole and (ii) each city.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	226442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The 22 SuperConnected Cities were given 'up to' funding allocations at the start of the SuperConnected Cities Programme. Spending priorities have developed over the course of the Programme, and the cities are now committed to delivering over 10,000 vouchers, free public Wi-Fi in 1,000 public buildings and on buses, trams and trains, as well as other digital connectivity projects for a total spend of around £80m. The majority of the spend will come at the end of the Programme - particularly with vouchers where there is a period of time between when the voucher is issued and the connection work is completed - with some wrap up costs in the next financial year.</p><p>For Northern Ireland and Scotland funding is given to cities via the budget transfer system, so a split for spending on individual projects is not applicable.</p><p>The table below outlines the original 'up to' allocations and current spend across the 22 cities of the Programme.</p><p>It is not possible to provide city allocations for marketing as it was a nationwide campaign.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>&quot;Up To&quot; Allocation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£M</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Spend to February (Qtr 3 claims) 2014-15</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>£M</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>CVS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WFPB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OTHER</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p><strong>8.25</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>0.39</p></td><td><p>0.39</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>0.78</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p><strong>2.52</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td><td><p><strong>0.63</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p><strong>11.37</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>1.52</p></td><td><p><strong>1.54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p><strong>4.12</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.47</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>0.52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p><strong>10.17</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>0.85</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>0.93</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p><strong>2.35</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>0.09</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>0.09</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p><strong>2.27</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>1.22</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>1.25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LeedsBradford</p></td><td><p><strong>13.54</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>LeedsBradford</p></td><td><p>0.93</p></td><td><p>0.32</p></td><td><p>0.50</p></td><td><p><strong>1.75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p><strong>25.00</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1.68</p></td><td><p>0.41</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>2.10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p><strong>10.25</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>2.15</p></td><td><p>1.96</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>4.12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p><strong>5.25</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.58</p></td><td><p><strong>0.78</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p><strong>6.00</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>0.04</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p><strong>4.83</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.09</p></td><td><p><strong>0.12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p><strong>4.89</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.68</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>0.74</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p><strong>7.10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>0.34</p></td><td><p>1.11</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p><strong>1.45</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p><strong>1.65</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>0.10</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p><strong>0.21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>119.56</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.04</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.64</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.04</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Devolved Administrations - Northern Ireland and Scotland</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>&quot;Up To&quot; Allocation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£M</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Budget Transfers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£M</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p><strong>13.46</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p><strong>5.68</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Derry</p></td><td><p><strong>2.20</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Derry</p></td><td><p><strong>0.10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nth Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.66</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Nth Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.78</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p><strong>5.58</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p><strong>2.44</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>9.00</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>4.98</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth</p></td><td><p><strong>0.34</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p>Perth</p></td><td><p><strong>0.23</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.92</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.65</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30.58</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.43</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total SCCP</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Allocation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£M</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Spend &amp; Budget Tfrs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£M</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>150.14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>30.47</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Marketing</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Allocation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.20</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.67</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 16:19:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 48729 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant